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      Network Rail

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      Network Rail reviews

      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (2,608 total reviews)

      Jeremy Westlake

      75% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Network Rail has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,608 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Network Rail employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      3K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 3, 2014

      Big, complex organisation. The best thing is the people

      Human resources manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The majority of people care about the railway and improving experience for rail users, this helps bring people together with a common goal. The people I worked with were fun, engaging and good at their jobs. Given the size of the organisation there is lots of scope to move roles and functions and many, many people do. There are a lot of long serving people at NWR.

      Cons

      As a big organisation it can sometimes be difficult to have your voice heard and change ingrained practice and process. The management team may benefit from finding a mechnism for employees to put their opinions forward - those people who know what needs to change most are those doing the roles every day. There is so much knowledge and ideas out there but they need to find a way to tap into it.

      5.0
      Aug 19, 2014

      What Network Rail has done for me

      Asset engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Network Rail has developed my professional skills and trained me through and apprenticeship, HNC and now a BEng in Building Services Engineering. It has given me exposure to some of the largest engineering project this country has to offer. You get a chance to work with a wide range of persons from all walks of life and different disciplines. I am proud of the work i do for Network Rail and take great pride in it.

      Cons

      Constant reorganization is not healthy within any company and reactionary measures brought in by new higher management is not useful. A time of implementation and reflection is now required. Devolution was too wide spread and affected too many disciplines, perhaps some areas should have remained centrally controlled. Managed stations being split into routes was not useful especially at a crucial time of TOC negotiations. With all large organizations it can take a long time to implement new technologies though i do accept this is changing. The Banding does not seem to reflect the accountability held within different areas of the business. Also Band fours seem to suffer poor wage increases as it is grouped with 1-3, but does not receive the higher bonus which comes with said grouping.

      3.0
      May 26, 2014

      My view of Networkrail

      Team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Varied work patterns, traveling to many places, expansion of knowledge when working with other departments and other regions, job security

      Cons

      Very poor travel benefits for post 1994 staff compared to the equivalent on London Underground, especially the annual loan agreement for Yearly season ticket where we are given 75% discount then the money is put into our wages where it is then taxed at source, thus negating any discount in the first place

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